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n o r t h-c arolina gazette vol p saturday june 14 1794 w 440 the pendency of the negotiation i quote this only to hew the contrail between the temper obferved on your p,rt towards u and on cur part towards you 1 his poffeffion of our acknowledged teiritory has not the pretext of itaiu 9 uo on its fide it has no pretext at all it is an act the boflility of which cannot be palliated by connect on with that negoci..tion it is calculated to f - rp poit an enemy whom we are feekins fo bung to peace to a hie million of the united states to g-eat britain is an unequrvoca rrrof af terallihathas happened of > f inc ere mih of cur govt rr ; n:e;;t ro preferve peace and a good u demanding with ycur nation but oar honour siid faiety requ.re that an imjaflonjbail be repelled let me therefore inform you sir that i have it in charge from the president of theun ted states to requeii and ur'je you to take immediate and efivclual meafures as far as in you lies lofopprefs thtfe hcfti.'e mo en ens to call to mind that the army of tl:e united states in their mauh aga nit tlie enemy will not be able ; o difiinguifli between them and cny other petple aflbtiated in the war to compare heic incroach roents with the candour of ojr ccnducl and the doctrines which cu have maintain ed ; and to admonifli iho'e wl-o hall throw obftacles in the way of negeciaaonj and tranqui;i:y that they will be refporii.bie for ail the unhappy ccnie^uences i have ihe honor to be with refpeclj sir your moil obedient fervant signed edjvi randolph mr iiammond minilter ~) pienipoteiuiary ci bis bri c tanmcivlajeity philadephia may 22d 1 704 sir in anfwer to your letter cf the 20th cur rent which 1 did not receive ur.til late in the afternoon ot yeiterday it is necdilry for me to ; resile that whatever may be my penoual opinion with refj ecr 10 the itiieatul manner in whicii you have thought it proper to addiefs me upon the pviicnt occaf:oii it is not my intention to o..er any an.madveriion npcri them but to proceed v itii lemper and car.dour to the examinati on of hr fubjefts of your letter l hcugh i never can acknowledge the right cf this government to require from me fo categorically asjouhave required it an exp a ation of any mea'ure emuiat ng irom the governors ot canada over whofe acti on i have no controul whofe con dutt i am not rt-fponfible ; i i.m wiiling ro admit the authenticity of the fpeech to cer tain indian natii ns to which you have al luded and which ouhave afcribed to the governor general of his majett/s poffef fions i.i north america but in order to afce tain the pre it's knfe of the only paf fage of tha fpeech to which ycu have re ferred and of which you have given merely a partial citation i fhall quo.e the paflage at length : " children '* since n:y return ifindri appearance " of a line t emains y and from the manner in " which the teople of the states pifi on and f aft t and talk on this fide and from what i Â« can leam cf their conduct ir.vards the ca " i fhall not be furpriied if we are at war â€¢' with them in the courfe of the prefent Â«â€¢ year,and if fo a line mud then be drawn " by the warriors from the context of this whole paffage it is manifeir that lord dorchefter was perfuaded that the aggref ficn which might eventually lead to a itate of hoitility had procedei from the united states and fo far as the ftate of vtrm^nr to which i prefume his lordihip principally alluded was implicated i am convinced that that perfuafion was net il f un ? ed for notwithstanding the pofitive affura icesj which i received irom your predeceflbr or the oth of ju y 1702 in anfwei to my letter o v,it s<h of the fame month ofthedeter mi anon of the general gover meal o dif courage a d reprefs the encroachmen s which he ftate and individiu s ofveimont had committed on the terri oy occupied by his majcfty's jiarriions i affcrt witli con fidence that not only thefe encroachments have never been in any manner reprefled but that recent ir.fringen nts in thar quarter and on the territory in it vicinity have been commit.cd indeed it this sffcrtion oftnine could require any corporation ] would remark that thcugh the pace of fifty days elapfed beiveen rry letter of the 10th of march 1 794 upon this fubjedi and your an fwer of the 2 9 th prii i 794 ycu tl d 1 ot atterop to deny the f fts which thenitat ed rnd wj i h i now explicitly repe t h regard 10 your dedaiation irat " rb " verm r sincce has ci e to lit lie cf the " miami followed i y three companies da 11 britifh regiment in en cr u build a fort there i haveno intelligence that fuch an event has ctualiy occured eut even acini ting your infoanatjori vo be accurate much will drpend on tie pace in which youafflrt that the fort is intended to bs erected and whether it be for fie ur.^ofe of pnrccling fubj els . i h s majelty k tiding i.-i diftridls depen ing n the ton oi detroit 6r of preventing that fortres from b-i g flraitened by rhe . pproach of the me-ican arnv ; to r if her o which c ft s i imagine that the principle of x\,e/:ut,s a un i the f.nal arrangement o the point in diicuflioa between the iwocoui tri.s fis.iil bz to ciu ded will ttn t i y apply in order however to correct any inaccurate inÂ«on a.o ; v u may have rt ceved or to ;â€¢'. old ; y ambi guity relative to this circumfl nce i hail immediately trarfmit cc i..s or yo r letter and of this aijfwer as u\-i to rhe governor general of his majeuy's pofieffions in north america and ihe governor of upper can ada as to his majeft\*s minuters in ln lanc for their relpeftive informatioa before i conciuvle thi lerter i mn ft be perm tied to obfer.e that i have co fined to th.e unreprtffed ami continued aggretiions ot the itate of vermont alone the perfua fn n or lord dorchefter tl'at theywere in dicative of an exifting hoflile difpofition in the united statesagainft great britain and might uitininte y produce an actual ftate of war c n tlieir part jf i h^d be n defirous ofj reeurr ng to other fonrces of difquietu f e i might from the auufion of his l-)rpfhip to the conduct of this government tow^nls *' the fea hj\?e deduced other motives of appre'eniibn m which rom the foli citude ou evince 10 elt.ibliih a " contraffc betw-en the temper obfe:v d on your part towar.'s us and our part towards you i might have conceived myfelf juilifi.j in di!d ing i rnig;^.t have adver ed to the pr vaieers originally fitted cut at chxriefton at the commencement of the prcfcnthoitil itics and which were allowed to depart from that port not on,y with the confent but under the exprefs permifhen cf the go vernor of south caro'ina i might have advefied to the prizes made by th fe priv tcers of which the lega'ir.y was in feme meafure a ! mi:tc t by the refu fal ot this governn-.e it to reitore fuch as were made anteced inly to the 5th of june 1793 j might have adverted to the per millicn granted by thisg vernment tn ihe commanders of french ftiips of w?.r and of privateers to di i pcfe of their prizes by ale in ports oftheunitcd tates i might ! a\e adverted o the two privateers e pc ir de rr.ocrut fnow la corrolia and lecarm gnol bo'h which were illegally fitted out in the river delaware and which in confequencc of my reraonitrances and ot the aitur..nces philadelphia nli j2 6 the following very interefting letters were read in the houfe of reprefentaiives of the untied st.,tes on we&nefday andyefierda philadelphia kay 20 1704 sir it cannot be unknown to yon that a fpeech laid to be adtircited on he icth of feoruary 1704 to feveral indian na;icns and afcribed to the governor general of his britannic majeily at quebec has appeared i?i li.oll of the public prints in the united states withfo many circumftpnees of ami liitifcity after remaining io o g with out contradi&iorij it might have juttitiecl us in inquiring from yor whether it was rcai jy delivered under britifh authority cur ioibearar.ee thus to inquire is conformable with the moderation which has directed the conduct 0 our government towards great britain and indicates at the lame time our ! ope from the declarations cf ou;s that its views vouliipruve ultimately pacific and that it wcu'd difcountenance every mea furc of hs o hice ri having a couirary ten dci cy tvtn now sir while i entertain a 6rm ps luafio that in jiiluring this fpeech to be genuine i cannot well err i ihall be tv..i y to retract the comments which i am abcui to make if you ihall think proper to deny it autlien-icity at the very moment when the brit'.fh miniftry were forwarding ai urancts of gcod ui 1 d-es lord joiche(ler foi{er and encou rage in the indians hoftiie difpofitions to wards the united states it it was a part oi the american character loindu'ge fufpi cion what might not be conjectured as to the influence by which our treatv was de feated in the lalt year ircm the aflembling of deputies from almoil all the nations who were at the late general cuunti on th l\-i am and whofe enmity againit us cannot be douixed ? ho^v nearly would that luipi cion approach to proof were we to recol lect thit lo high an otiicer asbimfclf would not raflily hazard this e>tpreflion : " i " fhould not be furprized if we re at war " with the united states in the courfe of " the prefent year ; and if we are a line '* mult rhen be drawn by the warriois but this fpeech only forebodes hoftitity : the intelligence which has been ie civcd this morning is if true hostility it self the prefident of the united states has underilooil through channels cf real confidence that governor simcoe has gone to the foot of the r pids of the miami fol lowed by three companies of a britiih regi ment in orjer to lu id a fort there permit me then 10 afk whether thefe things be i'o ? it has been ufual for each party to a negotiation topaz fuch a de ier^nce to the pretenfionsof the other as to'keep their affairs i 1 the fame potlure until the negociation was conciu ed on this principle you complained in ycur let ter cf tae 5 th of ju y 179 of the jurifdic tbn attempted to be ex railed under the ftate of vermont with n the diftrid oc cupied by the troops of your king ; and de manded that our government ihould fup pr.fs itfrom refpea to the difcuffion which was pending on this principle you were affured that proper meafures fijould be a dopted on the fame principle vou renew on the 10th of march 1704 a fimilar ap p:ication and are anfwered that the mea fares ot the government itiould correfpond wiih.ts aiiurances accortiingly although the forts garrifons and diitriols to which your letters relate are confefiedly within tl'.e limits of the united stares yet have our citizens been forbidden to interrupt you in thi occupancy of them what return then have we a right to expect ? but you will not fuppofe that i put the impropriety of the preient aggrcfllon upon

n o r t h-c arolina gazette vol p saturday june 14 1794 w 440 the pendency of the negotiation i quote this only to hew the contrail between the temper obferved on your p,rt towards u and on cur part towards you 1 his poffeffion of our acknowledged teiritory has not the pretext of itaiu 9 uo on its fide it has no pretext at all it is an act the boflility of which cannot be palliated by connect on with that negoci..tion it is calculated to f - rp poit an enemy whom we are feekins fo bung to peace to a hie million of the united states to g-eat britain is an unequrvoca rrrof af terallihathas happened of > f inc ere mih of cur govt rr ; n:e;;t ro preferve peace and a good u demanding with ycur nation but oar honour siid faiety requ.re that an imjaflonjbail be repelled let me therefore inform you sir that i have it in charge from the president of theun ted states to requeii and ur'je you to take immediate and efivclual meafures as far as in you lies lofopprefs thtfe hcfti.'e mo en ens to call to mind that the army of tl:e united states in their mauh aga nit tlie enemy will not be able ; o difiinguifli between them and cny other petple aflbtiated in the war to compare heic incroach roents with the candour of ojr ccnducl and the doctrines which cu have maintain ed ; and to admonifli iho'e wl-o hall throw obftacles in the way of negeciaaonj and tranqui;i:y that they will be refporii.bie for ail the unhappy ccnie^uences i have ihe honor to be with refpeclj sir your moil obedient fervant signed edjvi randolph mr iiammond minilter ~) pienipoteiuiary ci bis bri c tanmcivlajeity philadephia may 22d 1 704 sir in anfwer to your letter cf the 20th cur rent which 1 did not receive ur.til late in the afternoon ot yeiterday it is necdilry for me to ; resile that whatever may be my penoual opinion with refj ecr 10 the itiieatul manner in whicii you have thought it proper to addiefs me upon the pviicnt occaf:oii it is not my intention to o..er any an.madveriion npcri them but to proceed v itii lemper and car.dour to the examinati on of hr fubjefts of your letter l hcugh i never can acknowledge the right cf this government to require from me fo categorically asjouhave required it an exp a ation of any mea'ure emuiat ng irom the governors ot canada over whofe acti on i have no controul whofe con dutt i am not rt-fponfible ; i i.m wiiling ro admit the authenticity of the fpeech to cer tain indian natii ns to which you have al luded and which ouhave afcribed to the governor general of his majett/s poffef fions i.i north america but in order to afce tain the pre it's knfe of the only paf fage of tha fpeech to which ycu have re ferred and of which you have given merely a partial citation i fhall quo.e the paflage at length : " children '* since n:y return ifindri appearance " of a line t emains y and from the manner in " which the teople of the states pifi on and f aft t and talk on this fide and from what i Â« can leam cf their conduct ir.vards the ca " i fhall not be furpriied if we are at war â€¢' with them in the courfe of the prefent Â«â€¢ year,and if fo a line mud then be drawn " by the warriors from the context of this whole paffage it is manifeir that lord dorchefter was perfuaded that the aggref ficn which might eventually lead to a itate of hoitility had procedei from the united states and fo far as the ftate of vtrm^nr to which i prefume his lordihip principally alluded was implicated i am convinced that that perfuafion was net il f un ? ed for notwithstanding the pofitive affura icesj which i received irom your predeceflbr or the oth of ju y 1702 in anfwei to my letter o v,it stpreflion : " i " fhould not be furprized if we re at war " with the united states in the courfe of " the prefent year ; and if we are a line '* mult rhen be drawn by the warriois but this fpeech only forebodes hoftitity : the intelligence which has been ie civcd this morning is if true hostility it self the prefident of the united states has underilooil through channels cf real confidence that governor simcoe has gone to the foot of the r pids of the miami fol lowed by three companies of a britiih regi ment in orjer to lu id a fort there permit me then 10 afk whether thefe things be i'o ? it has been ufual for each party to a negotiation topaz fuch a de ier^nce to the pretenfionsof the other as to'keep their affairs i 1 the fame potlure until the negociation was conciu ed on this principle you complained in ycur let ter cf tae 5 th of ju y 179 of the jurifdic tbn attempted to be ex railed under the ftate of vermont with n the diftrid oc cupied by the troops of your king ; and de manded that our government ihould fup pr.fs itfrom refpea to the difcuffion which was pending on this principle you were affured that proper meafures fijould be a dopted on the fame principle vou renew on the 10th of march 1704 a fimilar ap p:ication and are anfwered that the mea fares ot the government itiould correfpond wiih.ts aiiurances accortiingly although the forts garrifons and diitriols to which your letters relate are confefiedly within tl'.e limits of the united stares yet have our citizens been forbidden to interrupt you in thi occupancy of them what return then have we a right to expect ? but you will not fuppofe that i put the impropriety of the preient aggrcfllon upon